The Pyramid Lake Fault Zone is an active right lateral-moving (dextral)

geologic fault In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...

located in western Nevada. It is considered an integral part of the

Walker Lane The Walker Lane is a geologic trough roughly aligned with the California/Nevada border southward to where Death Valley intersects the Garlock Fault, a major left lateral, or sinistral, strike-slip fault. The north-northwest end of the Walker La ...

. The fault zone extends to the southeast from Pyramid Lake roughly parallel to the course of the

Truckee River The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 20, 2012 The ...

between the

Truckee Range The Truckee Range is a mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States. The border between Washoe County and Churchill County runs along the ridge. The ridge runs north-south for approximately 30 miles. The Fernley Sink is to th ...

to the northeast and the

Pah Rah Range The Pah Rah Range is a mountain range located in western Nevada in Washoe County just to the northeast of Reno. It is a hook shaped range with the main eastern portion oriented northwest–southeast, approximately long. The northwest flowing Co ...

to the southwest.Anderson, Larry W. and Fred F. Hawkins, ''Recurrent Holocene strike-slip faulting, Pyramid Lake fault zone, western Nevada,'' Geology, November 1984, v. 12, no. 11, p. 681-684 The Pyramid Lake Fault is the easternmost of a series of en echelon faults of the Walker Lane straddling the Nevada – California border. The parallel striking faults to the west are the Warm Springs Valley Fault, the

Honey Lake Fault The Honey Lake Fault Zone is a right lateral-moving (dextral) geologic fault extending through northwestern Nevada and northeastern California. It is considered an integral part of the Walker Lane. A zone of disturbed landforms reveals the faul ...

, and the Mohawk Valley Fault.Faulds, James E., Christopher D. Henry and Nicholas H. Hinz ''Kinematics of the northern Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the Pacific–North American plate boundary,'' Geology, June 2005, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 505-508

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Additional reading

Late Pleistocene fault slip rate, earthquake recurrence, and recency of slip along the Pyramid Lake fault zone, northern Walker Lane, United StatesUSGS Database
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